A CONMAN who claimed to be a lottery millionaire to steal cash from “vulnerable” women has been jailed for almost five years.

Love rat Christian Barber, 41, told his victims, who he found by trawling online dating sites, he had scooped £118million on EuroMillions – and owned a Barbados hotel, a Cornish mansion, sports cars and a yacht.

The women believed he was a member of the upmarket Barbour clothing dynasty, had family connections in Dubai and held an account with royal bankers Coutts.

In reality, he was a homeless drifter who drove a battered VW Golf, Lincoln Crown Court heard.